Paretsky Sara Signed (6 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. 258 pages. Octavo (8 1/2" x 5 3/4") bound in original publisher's quarter black cloth with gilt lettering to spine over yellow boards in original pictorial jacket. Signed by the author. First edition. It's strictly Friends & Family as V.I. Warshawski, "the detective mystery fans have been waiting for" (Time), makes return appearances in a collection of stories that bring new meaning to "ties that bind." Decked out in her silk shirts and no-nonsense Attitude, V.I. is out to make a living--by the skin of her teeth. Condition: Signed on the title page else near fine in a fine jacket. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Fine condition. Dust Jacket Condition: As New dust jacket. First Printing of the First Edition. New York: Delacorte Press, 1988. Fine condition (one gentle reading) in a flawless, As New Dust Jacket (Bright and shiny. No chips, tears, or creases. Protected since new by a removable Brodart sleeve). Not price clipped ($17.95). Not a book club edition. Clean, tight, unmarked copy. No owner's name or bookplate. No remainder mark. Lavender cloth spine / blue boards. Stamped in silver on the spine. First printing, with "September 1988" and complete number row (10 987654321) on copyright page. Signed and dated by the author in the month of publication as follows: "September 1988, September, Sept, (signed) Sara Paretsky." NOT personalized to anyone. From the Dust Jacket: "BLOOD SHOT begins innocently enough when V. I. attends the reunion of her championship basketball team and Caroline, a childhood friend who organized the event, asks V.I. a professional favor: 'Find my father for me.'". Signed by Author (on half title page). First Printing of the First Edition. Hardcover. Fine condition/As New dust jacket. 8vo. viii, 328pp.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. 1st Edition. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Very good. Dust Jacket Condition: very good. First Edition. Association copy. This is first edition of Paretsky's Chicago police thriller inscribed to and previously owned by (famous/infamous) Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan: "Lisa Madigan, you really are the best thing that's happened to Illinois probably since Lincoln. Good wishes always, Sara Paretsky, 06.06.2011." This Chicago bookseller withholds his opinion on that subject, but both Paretsky and Madigan are undeniably two names that carry a lot of weight in Chicago today.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine condition. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine dust jacket. First Printing of the First Edition. New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 2005. A beautiful copy of the first printing. SIGNED by the AUTHOR on the page preceding the half title (her signature only, NOT personalized to anyone). Fine condition in a Fine dust jacket. Protected by a removable Brodart clear-plastic sleeve. NOT price clipped ($25.95). NO chips. NO tears. NO creases. NO rubbing. NO fading. Bright, shiny, clean, square and tight. Sharp corners. NO owner's name or bookplate. NOT a remainder. Pages are crisp and clean. NO underlining. NO highlighting. NO margin notes. 2005. First Printing of the First Edition, with complete number row (10 987654321) on the copyright page. "Signed Copy" sticker on dust jacket's front panel (neatly removed upon request). Bound in the original blue boards with a black spine, stamped in shiny red metallic. From the dust jacket: "V.I. Warshawski may have left her old South Chicago neighborhood, but as she learns, she cannot escape it. When she takes over coaching duties of the girls' basketball team at her former high school, the detective faces an ill-equipped, ragtag group of gangbangers, fundamentalists, and teenage moms who inevitably draw her into their family woes. V. I. is squeezed between the needs of two very different families. As she tries to find the errant teenagers, and track down a particularly cruel murderer, her own life is almost forfeited.". First Printing of the First Edition. Hardcover. Fine condition/Fine dust jacket. 8vo. (xvi), 402pp. Great Packaging, Fast Shipping.

Hard Cover. Condition: Fine. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine. First Edition. Signed by Author. HBDJ,February 1992, 1st edition, DJ minor Wear & Tiny Chips Extremities, F/F-. Signed by Author.